above all

adverb

: before every other consideration : especially

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But above all, his grandmother wants justice. Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025 Advocate, listen, and above all—stay engaged. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025 Being mayor, in the end, is a role that rewards competence above all. Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 Plantation slavery was above all a machinery for the production of profits. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for above all

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of above all was in the 14th century

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“Above all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20all. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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